Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, announced that 46 people, including men's basketball team members, were infected with the new coronavirus at Funabashi Municipal High School, resulting in a cluster of infected people.
According to Funabashi City, infections of 3 students and 4 teachers have been confirmed at Funabashi Municipal High School since the 5th of this month.
After that, when the inspection proceeded, 37 new students and 2 teachers were confirmed to be infected, and the total number of infected people reached 46. Funabashi City says that a group of infected people = a cluster has occurred.
Of the 40 students, 36 were members of the 1st to 3rd grade men's basketball club and the remaining 4 were members of another athletic club.
There are a total of 39 members of the men's basketball club, and most of the members except the three who were confirmed to be negative have been infected, but there is no dormitory at the school and all of them go from home.
In addition to playing, there were many scenes where people were talking without wearing masks in the changing room, so the health center said, "It is thought that high-risk behavior had a great impact on the spread of infection." ..
Also, last weekend, he was practicing jointly with several high schools and had already contacted the people involved.
The high school has taken measures to temporarily close the school from the 9th.
The men's basketball club is scheduled to participate in the national high school championship as a prefecture representative from the 24th of this month, but at this time it is not possible to decide whether to participate.
On the other hand, four male students were scheduled to participate in the All Japan Gymnastics Championship from the 11th, but they will decline.